Mark Lowey

Nature-based solutions hold potential for Canada but gaps remain in research, implementation, validation and financing

Mark Lowey
September 3, 2025

Nature-based solutions can help meet Canada’s 2030 climate and biodiversity targets but there are many gaps in research, implementing projects, measuring how well they work, and a $20-billion financing shortfall. Canada also needs a national framework for nature-based solutions with harmonized standards, experts said in a webinar by the Canadian Science and Policy Centre.



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Organizations:
Canadian Science and Policy Centre, Centre de recherche appliquée sur la biodiversité et les écosystèmes, Council of Canadian Academies, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Finance Montreal, National Research Council Canada, Nature Investment Hub, Raven Indigenous Outcomes Fund, Simon Fraser University, Smart Prosperity Institute, and Standards Council of Canada
People:
Émilie Le Beuze, Kirsten Zickfeld, Michael Twigg, Stephanie Poirier, and Zahra Jandaghian
Topics:
biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate targets, Data collection, Ecosystems, Financing, Forests, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, policy, Resilience, standards, and Wetlands

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